HOUSING
Working to improve the availability of affordable housing for local people in rural areas and to make rural communities more sustainable
COMMUNITY PLANNING
Advocate and support community led planning as a means of proactive community engagement and action planning at a local level
TRANSPORT AND ACCESS TO SERVICES
Supporting and advising community transport groups. We have a wide experience of community shops, and have assisted several in set up or development. We are also members of Community Transport Association, Plunkett Foundation’s Community Shop Network and the Rural Shops Alliance
FUEL POVERTY AND ENERGY GENERATION
We are supporting measures to improve awareness of, and combat fuel poverty. This includes promoting and supporting initiatives for small-scale/renewable energy generation
BROADBAND
Working to achieve adequate and sustainable broadband provision throughout the rural area
COMMUNITY OWNED ASSETS
We have extensive experience of working with Village Halls and we provide support for infrastructure organisations and halls themselves. We run the Hallmark schemes and a generic support service in the West of England.